[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8488 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8488

  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products 
 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Upton, and Mr. 
   Scalise) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products 
 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America's Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve from China Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE STRATEGIC 
              PETROLEUM RESERVE TO CHINA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy 
shall not draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve--
            (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or 
        influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or
            (2) except on the condition that such petroleum products 
        will not be exported to the People's Republic of China.
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